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Safeguarding

Tennis Squad are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of all its members and guests. To ensure this, our event safeguarding strategy includes:

  1. Only utilising the services of DBS checked and safeguarding-trained officials
  2. Sharing in advance the behaviours expected from all event participants
  3. Promoting the responsibility for all participants to report any concerns, and the mechanisms for doing so.

Event Officials

Our event officials all have an in-date DBS check and safeguarding training. The Officials will be identified in pre-tournament communication and can be contacted on the numbers below for a same-day emergency.

  • Robert Wedlake – Tennis Squad Director & Competitions Lead 07903 524456
  • Ellie Lewis – Tennis Squad Director & Safeguarding Lead 07414 517296
  • Will Croft – Matchplay Referee 07931 777735

All officials are aware of their safeguarding responsibilities and have signed up to either the club or LTA Officials Code of Conduct.

Event Registration

Please ensure that all player and parent information is accurate at the point of entry, including contact information and any medical notes. For LTA-sanctioned events this will be through your British Tennis Membership account. Any adjustments can be made at the welcome desk on arrival.

Codes of Conduct

By entering our event you agree to abide by our event codes of conduct.

Photography/Video Consent

Any individual intending to take photographs must have authorisation to do so from the event organiser and featured participants, and act in line the Photography Policy (see appendix).

Supervision

All event participants should sign in on arrival and sign out on departure. The welcome desk will contain a hard copy of this event safeguarding policy for participants/parents to confirm their agreement. Junior players are the responsibility of their parent or guardian, or another nominated adult. Players aged 11 and under, must always also be accompanied by an adult whilst on the premises.

For events at Penarth Windsor LTC: When moving from the top clubhouse area of the site to the bottom (clay) courts, it is advised that Mini tennis players use court 7, unless it is in use in which case the road access should be used whilst under the supervision of their parent/guardian/assigned adult.

Competition Safeguarding Security

All personal property remains the responsibility of the participant and should not be left unattended.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

Our event officials have a duty of care to all event participants and will act in line with Club/LTA policy to report any safeguarding concerns. Participants and spectators are also reminded to be familiar with reporting policies should they have any concerns.

Reporting a Concern

We are a ‘telling club’ and endorse a Whistleblowing policy (see appendix). Should you have a concern about the welfare or behaviour of any individual involved in the event, please raise this with:

Competition Safeguarding Appendix